7.Problems caused by the leaching of pollutants from dumps and landfills areworst in countries with an annual per capita economic output of $4,000 to$5,000, and less severe for considerably poorer and considerably richercountries. This is so because pollution problems increase during the earlystages of a country’s industrial development but then diminish as increasingindustrial development generates adequate resources to tackle such problems.Therefore, problems caused by such leaching in Country X, where the annual percapita economic output is now $5,000, should begin to diminish in the next fewyears. Which one of the following isan assumption on which the argument depends? (A) Within the next few years,Country X will impose a system of fines for illegal waste disposal by itsindustrial companies. (B) Countries surroundingCountry X will reduce the amount of pollution that their factories release intothe air and water. (C) Industrialdevelopment in Country X will increase in the next few years. (D) Country X will begin theprocess of industrialization in the next few years. (E) No other country with a similar amount of industrial developmenthas pollution problems that are as severe as those in Country X.